There was this caffeine measuring site (for fun) that said I was "near death" even though I didn't have ANY tea or coffee at all. :p In Japanese, there are several different ways to say everything. Such, "desu" becomes "de gozaimasu", when extra politeness is wanted/needed. Then different characters are needed to form the words. Unlike Chinese though, Japanese have an alphabet. In fact they have SEVERAL. =.=;;
In Chinese there is much less.. in fact the only one I can think of is: mmm goi (phonetic Cantonese)/ bu gai (phonetic Putonghua) is "thank you" when someone helps you (means "you shouldn't have"). do ze (p. Cantonese)/ duo xie (p. PTH) is when someone gives you something (means "many thanks"). :)And they have totally different characters.
Books are more important than clothes. In fact if I had to choose between Tolkien and Gucci... I would choose Gucci, sell it off, and use the money to get Tolkien. :D
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In Japanese, there are several different ways to say everything.
Such, "desu" becomes "de gozaimasu", when extra politeness is wanted/needed.
Then different characters are needed to form the words. Unlike Chinese though, Japanese have an alphabet. In fact they have SEVERAL. =.=;;
In Chinese there is much less.. in fact the only one I can think of is:
mmm goi (phonetic Cantonese)/ bu gai (phonetic Putonghua) is "thank you" when someone helps you (means "you shouldn't have"). do ze (p. Cantonese)/ duo xie (p. PTH) is when someone gives you something (means "many thanks"). :)And they have totally different characters.
Books are more important than clothes. In fact if I had to choose between Tolkien and Gucci... I would choose Gucci, sell it off, and use the money to get Tolkien. :D